Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study

Sharon Thornhill; Graham Teasdale; Gordon D. Murray; J McEwen; C W Roy; Kay Penny

doi:10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1631

Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study

Sharon Thornhill^*, Graham Teasdale, Gordon D. Murray, J McEwen, C W Roy, Kay Penny

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Abstract

Objective: To determine the frequency of disability in young people and adults admitted to hospital with a head injury and to estimate the annual incidence in the community.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1631-1635
Journal	BMJ (Clinical research ed.)
Volume	320
Issue number	7250
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.320.7250.1631
Publication status	Published - 17 Jun 2000

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Acknowledgments: We thank Professor Neil Brookes and Mrs Donya McLeod for their contribution to the development of the study, Ms C Dobson, Ms H Fiddes Mrs L McKay, Mrs E Stewart, and Ms S Swiatek for identification of patients and collection of data, and our colleagues in the Glasgow hospitals for their cooperation.

Contributors: GMT, JMcE, and CWR designed the study, ST supervised collection of the data, and GDM and KIP analysed the results. All authors contributed to the interpretation and drafting of the paper and will act as guarantors for the paper.

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Disability in young people and adults one year after head injury: prospective cohort study

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